A Large Byzantine Carved Marble Figure of an Apostle

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A Large Byzantine Carved Marble Figure of an Apostle

Finch & Co

Epoque 900-1100

Origine Byzantine, Turkey, Constantinople

Medium Marble

Dimension 96 x 36 x 19 cm (37³/₄ x 14¹/₈ x 7¹/₂ inches)

A Fine and Large Byzantine Carved Marble Figure of an Apostle Sculpted from a Roman Marble Lintel
The standing figure holding a book under his left arm with his weight also on his left leg, clothed in a full length tunic, tied above his navel
The protruding feet shown wearing sandals of a very simple leather ‘cross design’
The figure has been carved almost in ‘the round’ however the exposed reverse reveals a Roman horizontal ‘lintel’ with geometric carved design
Marble
Italy
9th - 11th Century AD

SIZE: 98cm high, 36cm wide, 19cm deep - 38½ ins high, 14¹⁄₈ ins wide, 7½ ins deep

Epoque: 900-1100

Origine: Byzantine, Turkey, Constantinople

Medium: Marble

Dimension: 96 x 36 x 19 cm (37³/₄ x 14¹/₈ x 7¹/₂ inches)

Provenance: Ex Private Dutch collection, 1990’s
Ex Private UK collection

Literature: The Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), was a continuation of the Roman Empire, with its capital in Constantinople. The re-use of ancient Roman marble, especially architectural fragments, was a standard practice in many cultures, marble was an expensive material to obtain, thus re-carving a larger architectural fragment was both a practical and economic exercise. The present figure probably stood with a group of Apostles within a shrine or early Byzantine Church.

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